Nintendo recently revealed Donkey Kong Bananza has been in development for a very long time and that, like Mario Kart World, it was originally supposed to be a Nintendo Switch game. Now, Nintendo has gone a step further, sharing screenshots that demonstrate why it made the call to pivot and make DK's next 3D adventure a Switch 2 exclusive instead.
Since Bananza is now only two days away, the latest edition of Nintendo's Ask The Developer series is all about its upcoming exclusive. When asked about the decision to pivot and make Bananza a Switch 2 game rather than a release on the original Switch, producer Kenta Motokura revealed the decision was made in 2021, so long before the rest of the world knew about the Switch 2.
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Designer Daisuke Watanabe takes over and explains that, by making Bananza a Switch 2 game, the development team could fill the game's environment with a lot more stuff, arguably a necessity considering the premise of the game is to have DK destroy said stuff. To demonstrate just how big a difference the decision to...
